TAB South Central Kansas

Kansas

Ashley Thill

Owner

TAB South Central KansasKANSAS

Ashley Thill is the Owner of the TAB South Central Kansas Franchise, based in Wichita KS.

She brings fifteen years of experience from the wealth management industry, with a focus on administrative operations management and business development for some of the top investment advisors in Wichita, Kansas. She returned to her roots in 2009 when she rejoined her family-owned business as Vice President of Zernco Inc., a commercial construction company offering services nationwide. In 2012, Ashley became majority owner and CEO of the family business, leading an unprecedented period of growth and national recognition for the company. At the same time, Ashley’s passion for consulting and coaching led her to establish a new business, A Z Advisory Group, dedicated to providing clients, consultants, peers, and community with the opportunity to take their business to the next level.

Ashley is a visionary leader with expertise in organizational development, strategic action planning, resource management, executive administration and team development. Her consulting firm, A Z Advisory Group, offers services in executive coaching, strategic planning, operational consulting, technology services, and special project management. With over 20 consultants, and more than 100 clients in network, A Z Advisory Group provides expertise in supporting a wide range of needs and industries.

As President of Zernco Inc., Ashley lead the company out of the financial crisis of 2008, doubling production every three years for three consecutive terms. Ashley lead the organization from $5 million in revenue in 2009 to $40 million by 2019, while substantially increasing profit. Zernco was also named “Best Place to Work” for five consecutive years during her leadership as Chief Executive Officer.

Our Partners

Ben Walker

Ben Walker

Contract FacilitatorTAB South Central Kansas

From early on Ben Walker has had a ﬂair for being an entrepreneur and much of his early work revolved around helping corporations revitalize the way that they did business. Before becoming the owner of Capital Tile, he originally worked for the State of Texas as a Recycling Coordinator. This experience led him into becoming the Southwest Regional Manager for the Steel Recycling Institute where he represented the steel industry on environmental issues about recycling in eight Southwestern States.

Later in 2001, Ben left his job to join Abitibi-Consolidated, a Fortune 500 Company known for being the largest newsprint manufacturer in the world, where he was responsible for managing communications and government aﬀairs between the US and UK until his cousin Pat Hathaway reached out to ask for help in taking his tile company to the next level.

Eager to help his cousin and ready for a career change, Ben moved to Kansas and joined forces with Pat to establish a strong foothold in the Kansas City market as they began to expand their services across the country. Ultimately, Ben crafted a vision for reforming the company to have a strong culture of investing in its employees, developing strong relationships with their customers, and creating beautiful tile work that could stand the test of time.

His persistence in creating this future led to him becoming the CEO of Capital Tile in 2013. Now he uses his experience to coach others in how they too can build their business.

Jenna Bottolfsen

Jenna Bottolfsen

Contract FacilitatorTAB South Central Kansas

Passionate about ﬁnding the hidden potential in employees, Jenna Bottolfsen has used her talents in Performance Management, Leadership Development, and Coaching to help companies like Boeing and Koch Industries re-connect and engage their employees.

During her time as a HR leader, her greatest motivation was supporting others to discover their hidden strengths and see that even their most ambitious ideas were within reach. This dedication to development has led into her breaking out into a full time role as the founder of Purposeful Developments, a consulting ﬁrm committed to making personal growth an intentional process.

Energized by seeing people succeed, Jenna loves to inspire others to discover their unique qualities and how they can make a greater impact within their organization. She specializes in assisting managers in developing hiring strategies to optimize their talent mix, cultivating owners’ leadership capabilities, and providing support for team leads to maximize their team’s performance.

Local to the Wichita area, Jenna’s three children are attending the same schools that she did. She studied Business Management at Wichita State, and graduated from Webster University with her MBA. She enjoys SCUBA diving with her husband Nick and leading her daughter’s Girl Scout troop to teach girls about the courage and conﬁdence needed to become future leaders.

Member Success

The independent coaching sessions, the accountability to work on my business rather than in my business, the insights from my board members, the spark I get from helping my fellow board members.

Nelson Martins

DiPaolo Machine ToolsMEMBER SINCE 2009

The Alternative Board is a place to learn and gather information. It is a group of people to bounce my solutions or ideas off before I try them. I gain valuable input for the decisions I have to make. Also it is very easy to see other’s mistakes, but not realize you have made the same mistake or are currently making the same mistake. Decisions, solutions & especially employee issues become obvious.

Scott McManus

Something GreekMEMBER SINCE 2006

I have been a member of The Alternative Board for 10 years. My board knows me, holds me accountable and gives practical real world advice. My private coaching sessions are amazing.

TAB helps forward-thinking business owners grow their businesses, increase profitability and improve their lives by leveraging local business advisory boards, private business coaching and proprietary strategic services.